Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
        1.1     Limitations     
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere           
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms
 5     Conventions             
 6     Source stimuli          
        6.1     Source signals recordings          
        6.2     Video considerations   
        6.3     Audio considerations   
        6.4     Audiovisual considerations       
        6.5     Duration of stimuli       
        6.6     Number of source stimuli           
 7     Test methods, rating scales and allowed changes           
        7.1     List of methods             
        7.2     Acceptable changes to the methods        
        7.3     Discouraged but acceptable changes to the methods         
 8     Environment             
        8.1     Controlled environment             
        8.2     Public environment      
        8.3     Viewing distance          
        8.4     Documentation of environment
 9     Subjects      
10     Experiment design  
       10.1     Size of the experiment and subject fatigue          
       10.2     Special considerations for transmission error, rebuffering, and audiovisual synchronization impairments    
       10.3     Special considerations for longer stalling events              
11     Experiment implementation
       11.1     Informed consent        
       11.2     Optional pre-screening of subjects        
       11.3     Post-screening of subjects        
       11.4     Instructions and training           
       11.5     Experiment sessions and breaks             
       11.6     Voting            
       11.7     Questionnaires and interviews 
12     Data analysis           
       12.1     Documenting the experiment   
       12.2     Calculate MOS or DMOS          
       12.3     Evaluating objective metrics    
Annex A – Method for post-experiment screening of subjects using Pearson's linear correlation    
        A.1     Screen by PVS              
        A.2     Screen by PVS and HRC            
Appendix I – Informed consent form: example    
Appendix II Example instructions    
Bibliography